pile on

Meaning

1. 1

   to increase quickly

   The weight just piled on while I was abroad.

2. 2

   pile sth on (to) sb

   to give sb a lot of sth to do, carry, etc.

   He felt his boss was piling too much work on him.

3. 3

   pile sth on

   to make sth increase rapidly

   The team piled on the points in the first half of the game.

4. 4

   pile sth on

   to express a feeling in a much stronger way than is necessary

   Don't pile on the drama!

5. 5

   pile sth on

   to give sb more or too much of sth

   The German team piled on the pressure in the last 15 minutes.

In the movies · 118

• It's a pile of skeletons.The Bank Job2008
• This is the garbage pile.Two Lovers2008
• It's a pile of shit.The Mist2007
• It's in that pile.Last Night in Soho2021
• Throw it on a pile for the planting gang.12 Years a Slave2013
• It's at the bottom of a very large pile.tick, tick... BOOM!2021
• - Pile it on, irmão. - That's "brother" in Portuguese.Rye Lane2023
• -Pig pile! -Toy Story1995

Learn it in full scenes

• The Mist2007
  • The Mist Reaches the Store
  • David Argues With His Neighbor
  • David Argues the Mist Is Real
• Rye Lane2023
  • Yas Teases Dom at His Gallery Show
  • Yas Buys Nathan's Photo at the Show
  • Dom and Yas Meet in Peckham
• Toy Story1995
  • Toy Story Opening Western Play
  • Toys Panic Over Andy's Birthday
  • Buzz Arrives in Andy's Room

From the same entry

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• pile on the agony
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